The Art and Science Series

“To Develop A Complete Mind: Study The Science Of Art; Study The Art Of Science.
Learn How To See. Realise That Everything Connects To Everything Else.”

Leonardo da Vinci

The Art and Science Series

"To Develop Your Complete Mind: Study the Science of Science; Study the Art of Art.
Learn How To Understand And Do More. Realise That You Connect To Everything.”

John McWhirter

The Art and Science Series of Courses

For the last twenty years or so I have created between three and four new short courses each year either in response to specific requests for applications or to make available new developments in DBM®. I have called these Art and Science courses to describe the integration of rigour from the science of modelling and the creativity necessary for effective modelling. I have taught many of these courses a number of times, for example Meditation and Hypnosis, Emotions, Language, Transitions and Change, enabling me to further develop them and incorporate new developments and refinements. Read More…

A defining feature of being human is our need to relate. We are social animals and all social animals need to learn to relate effectively if they are to be successful in their social group. This social relating is a “Subjective Relating” and includes many elements such as bonding, attending, responding, loving, communicating, caring, nurturing, and supporting. Through relating we meet many,,,,,

All of us have a viewpoint on the world around us. We create this throughout our lives. The shared reality of our culture can obscure the uniqueness of each individual.
We can say that each of us creates our own model of the world. By a model we mean “an organised dynamic representation of our world”.

The DBM® Developing from Setbacks Framework
This integrated framework is designed to work developmentally with all stages of working in relation to setbacks from preventative through to managing different types of Coping, different types of righting things (Recovery) and Developing form Setbacks.

Effective communication saves time and effort, increases our productivity, increases our understanding, and improves our effectiveness in all areas of our life. Effective communication is necessary in love and relationships, in poetry, prose, music, dance and art, a fundamental in all our highest and greatest pleasures in life....

Increasing our sensory and emotional sensitivity means that there is more of the world available to us; increasing the range and depth of feeling and emotional experience increases our potential quality of life.

Everybody is different. What makes one person happy or fulfilled does not work for other people. Our main needs in life may be very similar but each individual will have a unique combination of life attainments that will optimise their life. This is a challenging combination, if we go looking for success, happiness, fulfilment, the best way for us may not yet exist so we may need to .....

For the last twenty years or so I have created between three and four new short courses each year either in response to specific requests for applications or to make available new developments in DBM®. I have called these Art and Science courses to describe the integration of rigour from the science of modelling and the creativity necessary for effective modelling

Before modern humans there were no values in the world. That is, values, as we humans experience and understand them. While many animals clearly experience pleasure and pain and develop preferences for experiences, other animals and things, they do no exhibit the additional experience of “Value” that are prevalent in everyday human experience. They are not motivated, or respond to punishment or reward in relation to values. They do not crave “value” in life.

As individuals we “find” ourselves in a specific family, community, culture and country. Through this experience we learn how the world works and how to work the world. This includes our learning how to live with others; and with ourselves. Unfortunately many people do not find effective ways of living in the situation they “find” themselves in. Even those that do find effective ways can later be challenged because our rapidly changing world introduces new challenges ...

We use language to make sense of the world. Our thinking and feeling is strongly influenced by the linguistic sense we make. The greater our accuracy in language the more effective our thinking and feeling will be. The selection of individual words, the relationship between words and thinking and feeling can result in inaccurate understanding, unnecessary problems and conflicts.

Effectively using language is much more than the words used. We use language to make sense of the world. Our thinking and feeling is strongly influenced by the linguistic sense we make of our experience. The greater our accuracy in using language the more effective our thinking and feeling will be. The selection of individual words, the relationship between words and thinking and feeling can result in inaccurate understanding, unnecessary problems and conflicts.

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Physical feelings, emotions, and moods are central aspects of our humanity; from sensory pleasure and pain to anger, fear, love, joy and happiness, to candle-lit dinners and sunsets, they are crucial to all our experience, they are central in all our interactions with ourselves, colleagues, loved ones, and the world beyond.

Increasing our sensory and emotional sensitivity means that there is more of the world available to us; increasing the range and depth of feeling and emotional experience increases our potential quality of life. Managing moods effectively greatly enhances our experience of the world and our ability to optimise situations.

The Art and Science of Acuity is noticing what is important, noting what else there is, while searching for what is new and different”
John McWhirter

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